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Re-consecration in Patriarch Nikon’s interpretation
Institute of Philology of the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Ключевые слова
re-consecration when a bishop changes a chair, or elevates a priest to the patriarchal chair, church legislation, the continuity of moscow ranks from the universal church, «objection», metropolitan of gaza paisius ligarid, boyar s.l. streshnev
Abstract
On the basis of vast source material it has been concluded that Patriarch Nikon understood re-consecration as a special ceremony of elevating one to the patriarchal chair; by his position he approved the significance of the Moscow Patriarchate, defended the universal character of the Moscow Patriarchdom, magnified the role of spiritual authority in society.
Bibliographic reference
Sevastianova Svetlana Klimentievna. Re-consecration in Patriarch Nikon’s interpretation // Сибирский филологический журнал. 2013. № 4. Pp. 30–36.